Loss to Rivermen leave Aeros winless outside of regulation

Updated 9:22 pm, Sunday, December 11, 2011

As the Aeros overtime and shootout woes continue, coach John Torchetti insists that those kinds of losses don't bother him.

What is getting to himis his team's tendency to take a night off here or there.

The Rivermen outshot the Aeros 4-0 in overtime and beat Darcy Kuepmer three times in theshootout to win 3-2.

"Our whole lineup didn't show up to play tonight," said Torchetti. "We just didn't have everyone going on all gears. We just thought it was going to be an easy night, I guess. The bottom line is that we did not play a good game … we didn't compete at all."

The Aeros (15-4-2-6) are winless when a game goes beyond 60 minutes, falling to 0-8 in overtimes and shootouts.

With eight regulars either out of the lineup injured or on recall to the Minnesota Wild, the Aeros' power play has suffered the most.

On Sunday, the Aeros went 0-for-5 with the man advantage. After the Aeros struck out on their second two-man advantage, Peoria tied the game just 5:02 into the third period to force overtime.

But it was not enough as Ben Bishop denied Chad Rau in the sixth round to seal the win for the visitors.

"(The shootout losses) are not wearing on me," said Torchetti. "It is what it is, and there is nothing you can do. You can go over and go over it and great detail, but we got two goals, so at least there was improvement."

Hensick gave the Rivermen a 1-0 lead in the seventh minute, but Matt Kassian scored his first of the season for the Aeros just under two minutes later.

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Warren Peters gave the Aeros a 2-1 lead with 6:45 left in the second before Nesbitt beat Kuemper at 5:02 of the third.